Federal wildlife authorities on Tuesday said that a review of genetic tests has led them to conclude that the coastal California gnatcatcher is a valid subspecies and therefore worthy of protections ...

Citing new genetic evidence that the coastal California gnatcatcher is not a distinct subspecies as previously claimed, but is part of a single, healthy and abundant species that ranges from Southern ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Board of ...

Continuing the quarter century controversy over the listing of the Coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) as a threatened subspecies, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS ...

A baby gnat- catcher was rescued at the Conservancy this week. Three hatchling Florida snapping turtles and a blue gray gnatcatcher nestling were among the 113 animals admitted to the von Arx Wildlife ...

For two decades, a small gray songbird has made the difference between development and conservation in some of the most coveted coastal land in California. A federal decision last week to leave the ...

Southern California developers are petitioning federal authorities to kick the California gnatcatcher off the list of threatened species, where it’s been since 1993. They’re backed by a scientific ...

Famous relatives can overshadow the lives of the more obscure, and what’s true for people is true for gnatcatchers – small, flitting songbirds that, true to their name, catch gnats and other flying ...

Sometimes called the canary in Southern California's proverbial coal mine, the coastal California gnatcatcher with its kitten-like mew of a call is a prime indicator of ecosystem health. In the ...

Federal officials have turned away a bid to take the California gnatcatcher off the endangered species list. The California Building Industry Association and others asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has reaffirmed the endangered status of the coastal California gnatcatcher, a bird whose habitat has prevented development on thousands of acres in Southern California ...